484 LILIACEiE 



Section 1. AsPAK \c,K,i:. — The, Asparagus Group 

 Never hulhous ; fruit J)errY-lU;e 



1. Ri':scus. — Stem woody, with flattened, leaf-like brandies, 

 minute, scale-like leaves, dii-ecious flowers and united filaments. 



2. AsPARACus. — Stem succulent, branched ; ultimate branches 

 bristle-like ; stamens not united. 



3. Poi.YCONATiiM. — Stem leafy ; flowers axillary ; perianth 

 tubular, 6-cleft. 



4. Maianthemum. — Stem erect, with few leaves ; flowers in a 

 terminal raceme, generally 4-merous. 



5. Convallaria. — Leaves 2 — 3, radical ; flowers in a terminal 

 raceme, bell-shaped, 0-merous. 



Section II. Asi'HOIii':le,-e. — The .Ispiiolel Group 

 Generallv hiilliow: ; leaves radical ; scape leafl-.'ss ; fruit a capsule 



6. SlMETHis. -Not bulbous; leaiuis grass-like; flowirs in a 

 panicle, 6-mer()us. 



7- Aleiu-AE — Floipers in an umbel, with a i — 2-leaved mem- 

 branous spathe. 



8. Muscare F/oTOcn- in a bracteate raceme ; perianth gXahnXar. 



9. SciLLA. — Flowers in a bracteate- raceme ; penaulh-segmenli 

 free, spreading, blue, purple, or white, deciduous. 



10. Enevaiicjn, — Flowers in a bracleate raceme ; pcrianlh-seg- 

 ■iiients united, campanulate. 



J I. C)KNErHi_ii;ALT;.\L -h'lowers in a bracteate, sometimes 

 corymbose raceme ; perianth white, persistent, of 6 free, spread- 

 ing segments. 



Section III. Tt:i,i'pE,,E. — The Tulip Group 

 Bulbous ; leaves radical and eauline : fruit a capsule 



*i2. Li'eium. — Flowers few, large; perianth-leaves 6, free, 

 spreading, or rcflexed, deciduous. 



IV Fkitiee.aria. — I'lowers few, large, drooping ; pcrianthdcaves 

 6, iree, not reflexed, with a nectary at the base of each, deciduous. 



14. 'I'elipa. — Flower solitary, large, erect ; perianth-leaves 6, 

 free, without nectaries, deciduous. 



15. Ci.MJE.x. — Flowers few, small, )'ellow, umbellate; perianth- 

 leaves 6, free, without nectaries, spreadilig, persistent. 



16. l.EiA'hi A. — I'loiccrs few, small, white ; perianth-leaves 6, free, 

 with transverse nectaries, spreading, persistent. 



